From April 4 to May 2, 2021 we, Sonja and Gert Jan walk the Pieterpad, traveling for a month without our Milady Landy, she is parked in Breda. The Pieterpad is the longest long-distance path in the Netherlands from the northern Pieterburen in Groningen to the southern Sint-Pietersberg in Maastricht, Limburg, about 500 km long. … Read more
Beautiful snow images of our home base, Etten-Leur, the Netherlands. The Zwartenbergse Molen in the Zwartenbergse polder is beautiful in itself, during the winter it is even more attractive. These are my own unique images, taken with my DJI Mavic Mini drone. It takes some practice, but in the end I am quite satisfied.
In September we gave a presentation about our journey in and through Morocco, on September 1 and 3 in Etten-Leur and on September 16 in Bergen op Zoom. In total we were able to receive about 130 interested people. They were animated lectures, we, Sonja and Gert Jan, told enthusiastically about our adventures in Morocco, … Read more
South of the town of Beni-Melal and the lake of Bin-El-Ouidane, near to the town of Tilouguite, the Michelin map of Morocco indicates “la Cathedrale (rochers)“.We were made curious by this indication on the map and went looking for the Cathedral.It turned out to be a very interesting and rough ride through the Atlas Mountains … Read more
Goodbye to the desert dunes of Erg Chebbi On Thursday 11 June we leave Hassi Labied, the small village at the bottom of the dunes of Erg Chebbi where we stayed for almost 3 months. Hassi Labied, together with the more famous Merzouga, houses and entertains thousands of tourists in and around the desert dunes … Read more
This video gives details of how I connected the fuel line of the Wallas XC Duo cooker&heater to the main fuel tank of the Land Rover Defender.This method can also be used for other cookers and heaters such as Eberspacher, Webasto or Chinese alternatives.
Pipeliner on Tour Until October 2019, I was an active member of the BIG, a Flemish-Dutch association of companies, institutions and persons who are professionally or commercially interested in the field of above and underground pipelines. I am still a member, but not so active anymore … However, the BIG has asked me to write … Read more
A video impression of our life in Milady Landy in Morocco, among others:
Today a sand storm rages on the area around Hassi Labied and so we are also quite bothered at the campsite where we stay. This video gives an impression of the intensity of the storm:
If someone had told me last year that I would ever teach Dutch in the desert, I would have called them crazy. Yet, now it has happened. During our lockdown in Morocco I met Melissa and Annie. Melissa comes from Auckland (NZ) and has Dutch roots, Annie is from Nashville and has had a Flemish … Read more
